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Using Strategy Maps to Achieve Corporate Goals in Transport Companies: the Cases of MTRC and HWL
Date: 11 MAR 2011 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Many companies are facing keen competitions in the globalized business environment. Transport and logistics firms are of no exception. How to be successful in the new decade is what these organizations are looking…
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Let the Bullet Trains Fly – the Impacts of High-speed Train on Chinese Cities
Date: 28 JAN 2011 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:This seminar presents some progress made in the early stage of our research project about the impacts of high-speed railways (HSR) on urban spatial dynamics in China. The presentation has four parts. The…
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Value Added Gateway and Global Supply Chain: Transforming North America Intermodal Transport
Date: 25 JAN 2011 (TUE) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 211, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Prof. Claude Comtois Department of Geography Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation Claude Comtois is professor of geography at Montreal University, Canada. He has a degree in political science, a M.Sc.…
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Road Safety of Inter-urban Highways in China
Date: 08 OCT 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 211, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Inter-urban highways are main roads connecting cities and towns. The current national standard of China defines inter-urban highways under five classes, namely Expressways and Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4 highways. Of these,…
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Challenges of the Supply Chain in High Technology Industry
Date: 23 APR 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Starting from the change of the standardization with mass volume production to the mass customization with small and frequent volume demands in the dynamic high technology industry, the 7 characteristics of the market…
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A Review of the Travel Characteristics Surveys Conducted in Hong Kong
Date: 16 APR 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:After the completion of the first Comprehensive Transport Study in Hong Kong in 1976, the Hong Kong Government conducted three Travel Characteristics Surveys in 1981, 1992, and 2002. The Travel Characteristics Survey covering…
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Understanding the Inland Waterways Transport in the Pearl River Basin, China
Date: 12 MAR 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:This presentation discusses the issues concerning the inland waterway transport (IWT) in the Guangxi and Guangdong in China, based on speaker’s research work in 2009 commissioned by the Planning Dept of Hong Kong…
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Effective Management in Aviation Logistics
Date: 26 FEB 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Ms Maria Luk Assistant General Manager, (Aviation Logistics) Airport Authority Maria Luk is one of the first graduates of the Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning. She has extensive experience in…
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Geographic Information Systems and Transportation
Date: 13 MAR 2009 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Studies in Geographic Information Systems and Transportation (GIS-T) can be grouped into three categories: GIS-T data representations, GIS-T analysis and modeling, and GIS-T applications. The talk will introduce the most common data representation…
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The Relationship between Runway and Air Space – A Case Study of HKIA
Date: 27 FEB 2009 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Mr Erico Chan Cathay Pacific Airways Erico Chan is currently in charge of the Flight Despatch Training unit at Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. He has over 35 year’s airline experience on Flight Operations…